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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zacharia Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Allen comes into the arena with The Realest Sport blaring out of the sound system. Steele has chosen Rock You Like A Hurricane as his entrance music. Zacharia Steele acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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178 lbs
14 - 15 - 0 |
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176 cm
30
182 lbs
18 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zacharia Steele!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen checks a leg kick nicely.
Steele throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Steele takes the fight into the clinch.
Steele misses with a knee to the head.
Allen blocks an elbow strike from Steele.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Steele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Steele has Allen pressed against the cage, preventing Allen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steele looking to throw knees to the head but Allen is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Steele throws an elbow but misses.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Allen can't break the clinch.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Allen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steele misses with an elbow over the top.
Steele throws an elbow but it misses.
Steele prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steele pushes off an throws an elbow but Allen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Allen is trying to break free.
Steele lands an elbow inside.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Allen is trying to break free.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Steele lands a nice knee to the body.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen tries to break free but Steele pushes him back against the cage.
Steele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Allen blocks it with crossed arms.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Allen.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Steele pushes off an throws an elbow but Allen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steele tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Allen breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steele throws a sloppy head kick and Allen moves out of range easily.
Steele looks gassed!
Allen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Allen tries to get to his feet but Steele is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Allen in his guard.
Steele preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Allen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Allen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen trying to control but Steele is working from the bottom.
Steele pulls Allen in close to his closed guard and prevents Allen from doing any damage or advancing position.
Allen preventing the sweep.
Allen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Allen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Steele keeping full guard, as Allen tries to pass.
Allen gets to his feet - Steele follows without any prompting.
Steele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Allen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Allen fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Allen cracks Steele with a good jab.
Steele tries to clinch up.
Allen has closed the distance and engaged Steele in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele fails to pull guard.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steele misses with an elbow over the top.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Steele keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Allen's efforts to push away.
Steele keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Allen's efforts to push away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Allen avoids a wild elbow strike from Steele.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zacharia Steele dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Steele throws a jab but it's blocked by Allen.
Steele lands a head kick. Allen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Steele is defended easily by Allen.
Allen forces Steele back against the cage and clinches.
Allen is trying to push Steele away but Steele has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Steele lands a damaging elbow.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but Allen blocks with his arms.
Steele throws an elbow that misses.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Steele just misses with a elbow thrown towards Allen's brow.
Allen managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Allen tries to circle away but Steele has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen has had enough of the clinch but Steele keeps him there for the moment.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
Allen avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Steele is breathing heavily.
Steele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steele connects with a nasty looking knee right to Allen's face.
Allen avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Steele misses with a knee strike.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steele misses with an elbow strike.
Allen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zacharia Steele seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Allen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steele lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Allen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is looking to clinch.
Steele throws a lazy uppercut
and Allen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Allen tries to clinch up.
Allen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Allen clinches.
Steele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Allen wants to break free but Steele has control.
Allen avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Allen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jason Allen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steele wants to clinch.
Steele misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Steele quickly recovers to half guard.
Allen wants to pass to mount but Steele is defending the position.
Allen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Steele wants to improve his position but Allen is controlling well.
Steele regains full guard. Nicely done.
Allen trying to control but Steele is working from the bottom.
Steele working for a triangle but Allen defends it easily.
Allen wants to stand and escape but instead Steele has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Steele is controlling him.
Steele trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steele wants to pass the guard but Allen is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zacharia Steele showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Allen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Allen tries to clinch but Steele is having none of it.
Allen slips a straight right by Steele.
Allen moves out of range of the body kick.
Steele throws a head kick that misses.
Allen tries to clinch but Steele moves out of range.
Steele swats away the attempt to clinch by Allen.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Allen.
Steele is looking to reverse the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Steele wants to control but Allen postures up.
Allen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Steele takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Allen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Allen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen tries for a kimura but Steele is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steele regains half guard.
Steele is trying to get back to full guard.
Jason Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Steele is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Allen pulls his head out easily.
Allen is thwarting Steele's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Steele manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Steele is trying to keep Allen in close.
Allen gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Allen tries to clinch but Steele moves out of range.
Steele shoots and misses
and Allen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Allen tries to clinch but Steele is having none of it.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Allen avoids a kick to the body.
Allen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Steele napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Steele keeps working.
Steele is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Allen's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
It looks like Allen is going to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen is working for a kimura but Steele is defending it quite comfortably.
Steele has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Allen is working away from the top position though.
Zacharia Steele is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Allen is controlling the pace.
Steele wants to control but Allen is keeping busy.
Steele gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen postures up.
Allen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Allen trying to control but Steele is working from the bottom.
We're going to have a standup here because Jason Allen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Allen tries to clinch but Steele moves away
and Steele counters with a stiff right hand.
Steele fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Steele takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Allen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jason Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Allen wants to get back to striking at distance but Steele won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steele is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen is trying to break the clinch but Steele is controlling him.
Allen missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jason Allen.
I think Steele has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zacharia Steele!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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